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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 960 records
DNA & barcodingBOLD32 specimens
01Narrative
Larva Acronicta vinnula, the delightful dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Wisconsin and Ontario. The wingspan is 28–32 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August depending on the location. There are at least two generations per year. The larvae feed on the leaves of elm.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Acronicta vinnula has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens32
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus31 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 22 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)1.1%
Haplotypes11
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.7%
N.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 960 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 512
Museum / vouchered448
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 968 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 919≤1 km 199≤10 km 53>10 km 117
1 288 georeferenced · 224 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 512
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy32% within 1 km
≤100 m 17≤1 km 58≤10 km 145>10 km 17
237 georeferenced · 211 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence448
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions10 of 25 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mississippi State, US
124
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
65
East Lansing, US
56
New Haven, US
40
CUlocation not on record
33
King Saud Universitylocation not on record
17
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
15
St. Paul, US
14
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
13
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
13
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
6
UNHClocation not on record
4
Cambridge, US
4
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
4
OSUClocation not on record
4
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
2
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Toronto, CA
2
Chicago, US
2
Washington, US
2
Denver, US
2
Champaign, US
1
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
SOVTlocation not on record
1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
1
25 institutions · 428 of 448 vouchered records shown · 20 without an institution code
